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What is another word for a nursery school?
Kindergarten
SATs or ACTs
What is a boarding school?
Students study and live there.
How long is the Czech compulsory school attendance?
From the age of 6 to 15
Where can you find Princeton?
In the USA
What is the name of the type of our school?
Secondary Technical School
How many terms are there in the school year in the UK?
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What is the name of the oldest British university?
Oxford (1167)
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What do you usually get after 3 years of studies at university?
Bachelor degree, diploma
How long is the summer holiday in the UK?
6 weeks
What do we call the money paid for education?
Tuition (fees)
What is the British equivalent of the Maturita exam and how many subjects does it include?
A-levels, 2 or 3 subjects
What does "college" mean in the USA and UK?
USA - higher education/university
UK - sixth form college/further education
Where can you find Harrow and what is it?
Public boarding school, UK
Name at least 3 examples of American elite "Ivy League" schools.
Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown...
What is the name of the school the British students go to from the age of 7 to 11?
Junior school
What do Americans call the second year students?
Sophomores
What is scholarship?
Money that is given by a school to students to help pay for their education, usually based on academic achievement)
At what age do British students take the GCSEs?
16
Do children have to repeat a year in a British school if their results are bad?
No, they don´t. They always go up to the next year.
How many days of holidays do school children get at Easter in Britain?
2 weeks
What foreign language do British pupils usually study?
French
Is the education system the same all over Britain?
No - it is different in Scotland and Wales.
What percentage of children go to private schools in Britain?
About 6 per cent